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Ranked as one of the country's top public schools, Shrewsbury was founded as a grammar school by Edward VI in 1552.

The ribbon development along the line of Godstone Road is well illustrated here, looking north towards Riddlesdown chalkpit.

This view of the High Street has changed out of all recognition - though the 15th-century White Horse, a famous coaching inn in the centre of the picture, still stands, and the view is still terminated

This wooden bridge lies on the line of the Roman road, Sarn Helen.

Ullswater snakes into the Lake District hills for seven and a half miles, from Pooley Bridge to Glenridding, and has three major and quite different stretches.

A small village to the north of Cuckfield, Whiteman's Green was once on several bus routes - a single-decker bus is just visible at the bottom of the hill. A village sign is on grass verge.

At one time sheep from Romney Marsh in Kent were wintered here on the relatively dry sandy Surrey Hills.

The remains of Hastings Castle, the first built by William the Conqueror, crown Hastings' West Hill, with superb views over the town and out to sea.

Today the area around Ironbridge is a World Heritage Site: many of the old workshops, factories etc are being restored or converted into museums.

Middle Street leads into Shere Lane and then on towards the sandy hills of The Hurtwood. The building on the right was once the premises of C Baverstock, 'Shoeing & General Smith'.

Looking down from the White Horse can be seen the flat-topped Dragon's Hill where, legend has it, St George slew the Dragon; the white markings on the side are where the blood of the Dragon ran down in

In the 1840s patients at the health centre of Dr Wilson and Dr Gully were subjected to strict dieting, long walks over the hills and the indignity of being wrapped up in cold wet sheets for hours at

This is the view down Hockerill Street towards the River Stort, where the spire of St Michael's Church rises above the trees and houses.

Castle Hill is part of 365 acres of common land donated for “...the relief of the poor” in the 12th century. There are 20 miles of public rights of way.

Horner Water winds through a steep, densely- wooded vale, which lies below the abrupt northern slopes of Dunkery Hill, Somerset's highest point.

A horse and cart in the distance is wending its way up the hill. On the left of the picture is the Working Mens' Institute.

Standing near the top of a hill overlooking the Weald, the Star and Eagle is a fine half-timbered 15th-century inn adjoining the churchyard, and is believed to have had monastic connections.

Just up the hill is the Dartmoor Inn, and on the skyline is the rocky mass of Great Staple Tor, one of the southernmost outliers of the plateau of the north moor.

The practice of climbing the rock is now strictly forbidden, not only on grounds of safety but also to protect the landmark from erosion.

The River Winniford (right), trickling down the valley from Chideock village, seeps into Lyme Bay through a bank of pebbles below the Anchor Inn (centre).

A swannery lay on the wooded islet in the pear-shaped lake, and a paddling pool was added later. The extensive dockland area lay out of sight behind the wooded hill and the power station.

Its Anglo-Saxon name means 'wooded hill in the territory of Billa's people'.

Standing at the bottom of the notoriously steep climb of Porlock Hill, the Ship Inn appears little changed today, despite the removal of its attractive wooden porches.

An overview of Teignmouth, taken from Shaldon Hill, across the estuary of the river Teign. The town is said to be Devon's oldest resort.